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H. MpCLARK. COMBINED WAIST AND SUSPENDERS.

No. 477,648. Patented June 28, 1892.

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SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 477,648, dated June 28, 1892.

Application filed April 4, 1892. Serial No; 427,611. (No model.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HARRIET MERRELL CLARK, residing at Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented cert'ain new and useful Improvements in'lVaistsand Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to suspenders or garmenu-supports and waists especially for childrens wear.'

The object of the invention is to produce a suspender connected to a waist in such manner that the nether garments may be supported at the back by an elastic support extending to the shoulder-band of the waist or -shirt; also, to produce a combined waist and elastic suspeuder in which the weight"s1'ipported from the shoulders shall be distributed; at the waistband; also, to make a washable garment having elastic suspenders removable therefrom; als0,to improve various details in the construction of garment-supports.

1 Figure l is a front view'fof a shirt-waist thrown open at the front to show the connection of the suspenders atthe back thereof.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, the susponders indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 isa rear elevation of an underwaist with susponder and stocking-support attachments. m

'tonholes are provided at: the back, through- Figs. 4 and'5, are sectional details of the part connecting the suspenders to the shoulderstrap. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of the sus pender detached.

The letter A indicates a shirt or washable 'w-aist, such as is'worn by small boys, and hav 7 ing buttons 13 B for the attachmentof trons.

em or knickerbockers to the waist. .7 p

In the present invention the buttons at the back of the waistareomitted, and instead-of attachingthe trousers directly Eb the waist at the back the trousers are there, attached to buttone or other common fasteuings liwliicliare attachedto elastic suspenders C.

The body of the elastic suspenders I0 is formed from asingle piece of elastic webbing, which isfolded back and forth upon itself nearly in form. of the'lloman capital. M-or like an inverted W. The middle fold is so:

cured permanently bystitching or similar fastening, and a tab 0 is preferably attached. The Webbing at thefold or the tab, or both,

0f attach ment of waist above these shouldhave an attaching device, suehas a button or buttons B. The reverse folds of the webbing pass through linksl) Dof metal or other strong material, and the webbing is secured by stitching to retain the links permanently. The ends 0f-the webbing are preferably reinforcedby tabs efe of inelastic material, and the buttons B are attached to said tabs.'-

T-hewaist, whether a shirt-waist or underwaist, has shoulder-straps F extending from the shoulder-seamdown the back of the garprovided with buttonho-les. A button 13' is sewedjto each .strap a little above the end, .and the free ends of these straps F or their -.cont inuations F are passed through rings D and then buttonedover but'tonsB'. The upper folds of the suspenders are thus connected to the shoulder-straps of the garment, and the central fold of the suspenders is in'suchposition as to draw from both shoulder-straps, while the end. pieces .of the webbing draw separately 'on' the straps and garment con nected thereto.

Holes H in the shirt-waist similar 'tobuta which holes the tabs 0 e epass, and't-he trousers are buttoned to the buttons onthesc tabs. The suspenders 0 permit the movement of the body inbending without drawing on thematerialofithe shirt-waist below the points the suspenders, and as the points is strengthened bythe shoulderrstrapsthe pull on the back of the Icollar-band'an'd the tearing of]? of buttons is-avoided.

In attaching the same suspenders to under- I waists, as A, the connection is made at the outside insteadof inside of the garment, and thus the holes II are avoided.- The shoulderstraps F? extend over the shoulders as for as.

may be necessary to insure the -required strength. .At the back of the garment these straps are attached to the textile matcrialof the garment by stitching, and the tab F is,

attached by stitching between the fabric of the garment and the shoulder-strap and buttoned back on the buttons B, as has been deof greatest strength. Straps S scribed. I

For washing the waists the straps F or F are unbuttoned and the suspenders C are then removed from the waist,which can then be washedwith no more diiiiculty than pertains to washing buttoned garmen is of similar character.

The shoulder-straps F are preferably attached to the body of thewaistalong the lines may be 'con-' nected to the waist between the shoulderstraps and body portion and extend down at the side of the wearer for attachment of the stoeking-sup'porte'rs.- The stocking-supporters may .then extend down between the trousers and drawers of the wearer instead of'passing inside the drawers, as is generally the ease with garments of this character. In this instance, as with the suspenders, the: weight is supportedfrom the shoulder-straps.

From the foregoing description, covering modifications, it will not bedifficnlt to deduce other modifications, bearing in mind that the salient features of the invention are the sus ponders in their peculiar, form and the connection of the same to the shoulders of the garment by straps extending in such direction as to secure great strength in the garment and comfort to the wearer What I claimis- 1. The garment having straps attached thereto at the shoulders and extending downthe back, where they are pro'vided'with attach iag means, in eomhinationwith the elastic-M shaped suspenders having means for attaching one of the upwardly-extending folds to the strap extending from one shoulder only and the other fold to the other shoulder-strap and means for attaching the two downwardly-extending ends and the middle fold to the net-her garment, substantially as described.

2. The garment having shoulder-straps attached and extending down the back, as described, and provided at the lower ends with tabs and buttons, in combination with the M shaped elastic suspenders having loops at the two upper folds, through which the said'tabs extend, said suspenders having means for at taching the two pendent ends and the pendent middle fold to the nether garment,'substantially as described. I

3. The shir'twaist described, having attached inside shoulder-straps extending down the back, provided with tabs, as described,and having holes below said shoulder-straps for the passage of th'esus'penders, in combination withthe 'M-shaped suspenders connected at their upper folds to said tabs and having theirv lower ends and folds extending through the holes in the shirt and provide( with means tially asdescribed. I

In testimony whereof I affix inysignature in presence of two witnesses HARRIET M. CLARK. Witnessesi FRANKIE M. Hrronms' VM; H. MERRELL.

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